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July 31, 2015
Replacing diamonds with startups—entrepreneurship in Botswana
Huffington Post: Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation, recently visited Botswana through the U.S. International Information Programs speaker program. He blogged about the country’s declining reliance on the…
July 31, 2015
9-to-5 often replaced by longer workday as workers check email, work at home
The Plain Dealer: Jenny Hawkins, visiting assistant professor of economics, discussed the shift from 9-to-5 workdays to more flexible schedules for employees. Though many employers have sought to meet employees' demands…
July 31, 2015
Engineers will conduct maintenance to the Human Capital Management (HCM) system from 7 p.m. Friday, July 31, to noon Saturday, Aug. 1. During this time, HCM will be unavailable to members of the Case Western Reserve University community. For assistance with any technology product or service, such…
July 31, 2015
Jill Korbin, the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor, director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as president-elect (2015-2017) and president (2017-2019) of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Korbin’s research focuses…
July 31, 2015
Nora L. Nock, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, was appointed to serve as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention Study Section for Center for Scientific Review for the term beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30,…
July 31, 2015
Case Western Reserve University Director of Athletics Amy Backus recently announced the hiring of Danny Song as the Head Coach of the Spartans’ Wrestling team. "The wrestling program at CWRU has a long and storied history of success. I am thrilled to announce that Danny Song will be our next head…
July 31, 2015
Case Western Reserve University and Japan’s Tohoku University will collaborate on research and student exchanges after the institution’s respective leaders signed formal agreements Wednesday. Tohoku University President Susumu Satomi and Kazuyuki Katayama, Japan’s Detroit-based consul general,…
July 31, 2015
Deputy Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Lynn Singer assumed presidency of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society (DNTS) on June 2, at the annual meeting in Montreal. The meeting was held jointly with the International Neurotoxicology Association. DNTS is focused on studies of the…
July 31, 2015
Ronald Hickman, associate professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a national honor awarded for his contributions to the profession. No one was as surprised as the young…
July 31, 2015
Fall applications are now being accepted for the Staff Educational Enhancement Fund (SEEF), which can be used for textbooks, certification, online/off-campus courses or out-service training (conferences, conventions, professional association meetings or workshops) not funded under regular…